Arctic Ice Melts Faster Than Predicted

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Arctic Ice Melts Faster Than Predicted

Arctic summer sea ice has shrunk to record lows, scientists report. In fact, it's shrinking so fast as to suggest that current climate change estimates could be too conservative.

This is bad news for the Inuit and other folks for whom sea ice is an important part of life, not to mention coastal dwellers whose homes are submerged as sea levels rise.

But on the plus side, the melting ice is revealing whole new, previously unsuspected islands – and they're still unclaimed! Better take some of that .tv money (Wired story here) and get up there quick, Tuvaluans.